This is the information page about the shipwreck U 26 or u 463, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 8.94 N,7 20.714 W (49.425633333333, -7.1758166666667)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: U 26 OR U 463

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 136 meter

Known since: 1972

Details measurements/cartography: H4847/71 9.5.72 H4847/71 9.5.72 LOCATED IN 490854N, 072040W USING DECCA. HEIGHT 19FT IN GEN DEPTH 445FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, ULRICH HARMS LTD., 13.4.72). CHART AS WK 69FMS [126MTRS]. BR STD. [THIS WK IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:- U-26 SUNK SW OF BISHOP ROCK ON 3.7.40 [MOST PROBABLE]; U-332 SUNK OFF SCILLIES ON 2.5.43; U-333 [SEE 21535] SUNK W OF SCILLIES ON 31.7.44; U-463 SUNK SW OF SCILLIES ON 15.5.43 [MOST PROBABLE]; U-705 SUNK W OF SCILLIES ON 3.9.42; U-740 [SEE 21442] SUNK W OF SCILLIES ON 9.6.44; U-1200 [SEE 15917] SUNK W OF SCILLIES ON 11.11.44].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 8.94 N,7 20.714 W

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